Hyper Converged Infrastructure - (Hyper Convergence)

Hyperconvergence from the SAN method general comparisson

Description:

Hyper-convergence (hyperconvergence) is a type of infrastructure system with a software-centric architecture that tightly integrates computer, storage, networking and virtualization resources and other technologies from scratch in a commodity hardware box supported by a single vendor.

Features:

1. Hyper-Converged (Hyper Convergence) is the combination of Server and SAN in one box.

2. No more 5 year planning of storage array. Hyper converged devices can be added as and when customers need more storage on the fly.

3. No more taking the SAN down for 24/48 hours and wondering if it will come back up.

4. It was primarily designed for the High Availability of data.

5. Key Point. Reduced latency: Disks & hardware in the same box. IE access is faster than SAN.

6. The solution involves software to replace the SAN infrastructure: IE cables, switches & controllers.

7. The new device uses Enterprise SSD for high frequency data & STD drives for low frequency data.

8. The device has four nodes(blade servers per box)

9. Each node depending on resources, can have numerous virtual machines / various Hypervisors.

10. Hyper-convergence can have its own Hypervisor. Therefore possibly no annual licence fees, a complete change from VMware methods etc..

11. Hyper-convergence ensures there are duplicates of all data in case of a failure & is self repairing.

12. Organisations for disaster recovery should have an alternative site to take over if one fails.

13. Organisations depending on the application want to bring things back in house due to the lack of flexibility of the large external service providers.

14. The interface looks and feels like a customer's own cloud service. IE Previously used is similar

15. Reduced complexity means: more reliable & less technicians required. IE Reduced cost.

16. Typically 2U devices with large capacity means smaller footprint in the rack & less energy used.

Specification:

- Designed for data centres but can be deployed in numerous environments.
- We can offer customised solutions with the features you need to cover your particular requirements.
- Stand alone or ready built into racks. Advice, supply and configuration. Call for details.